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of the same quality, witliout artificial appliances for regulating 

 the temperature of the dairy room. 



We shall not, as we might, extend this already tedious report 

 by a dissertation on cheese making. We think that, in this 

 county at least, milk can be made more profitable by being 

 converted into butter, and still more so by its sale as milk, and 

 consequently that cheese making is not good husbandry, except 

 as a matter of convenience in the sultry dog days. 



We have, however, at hand no facts bearing upon this ques- 

 tion. We suggest whether it might not be advisable to offer a 

 premium for the most accurate and reliable experiment to 

 determine the profit from a given quantity of milk when made 

 ijito butter, and from the same quantity when made into cheese, 

 having reference to the labor bestowed upon each, to the com- 

 parative value of the skimmed milk and whey for feeding swine, 

 to the cash price of the respective products, and to any other 

 circumstances bearing upon the question under consideration. 



FARM BUILDINGS. 



ESSEX. 



Report of the Committee. 



The committee appointed to erect a barn upon the Treadwell 

 Farm, would respectfully report : — 



In laying out a plan for the barn, tliey were governed by a 

 desire to construct a convenient, well-proportioned, and econom- 

 ical building, particularly adapted to the wants and the means 

 of a New England farmer. The size of a barn should conform 

 to the extent of the farm, and the mode of cultivation with 

 which it is to be connected. It should be as commodious as 

 possible — so shaped as to furnish the most room in the space 

 assigned it. There should be at the same time no waste of 

 room. The storage in the barn should be easy, and so arranged 

 as to bring the contents as near as possible to the point where 

 they arc to be used. The scaffolds and bays should be easy of 

 access; so that the laborer shall not be compelled to lift the hay 



